The Creator built so majestic a universe precisely to show us a part of His magnificence, lovingly inviting us to share such a wonder with Him. And if such grandeur should one day disappear and only we human beings remain in another universe yet to be created and probably even more resplendent, it is because each of us, in our inner being, contains an even more beautiful world. The very fact that we have consciousness indicates the existence of an infinity between ourselves and the entire cosmos.
The beauty, truth and goodness that we carry in our inner selves far surpass all that is beautiful, true and good in the external world. Man surpasses all other created things to such an extent that comparison is impossible. In spite of this we want to hinder God's work, for what characterizes neurosis and psychosis is an attitude of opposition, denial, or distortion toward what God has created, in our inner self especially.
Is it possible that man rejects the air he breathes, the food that nourishes him, and the body that gives him form? Nevertheless, this is exactly what we do through inversion, the process that is caused by our envy of God. I ask those who are envious this question: is such a "sentiment" worth harboring in view of all the good things it prevents one from enjoying.
When we say that a person is very human, we imply that what is right for humans is that they have both a psychic and an organic element; they are not just spirit, like angels, nor much less just body (without an immortal soul) like animals. To be human is to accept an existence that is closely linked to the Creator, for we cannot live without life, and life is the Creator.
The process of alienation is simply one of envy, and envy is an attitude of denying, omitting, or distorting what we are. Is envy worth sustaining? God, who is love and truth and beauty, has made us in His image and semblance, and this in itself amounts to a great felicity. We have only to accept it.
From: KEPPE, Norberto da Rocha. Glorification. São Paulo: Proton Publishing House, 1981.
Reflection:
“Each year, each month, each day and hour and minute and second that we do not use to practice good, is time forfeited from the greater enjoyment of all the affection, all the dedication, that the Creator offers us. It is time that can never be regained. But each minute well used is an enormous satisfaction gained.”
(Norberto Keppe)
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